Obituaries
Mark Huesmann
Jul 25, 2012
Mark Huesmann, age 27, of Pine River, was born March 15, 1985, to Denise Huesmann and Loring Gasper in Crosby. He graduated from Pine River-Backus High School in 2003. Mark loved sports, especially football, basketball and baseball, deer hunting and the outdoors. He also enjoyed cooking and baking and loved spending time with his nieces and nephews. Mark is...
Helen Roohr
Jul 23, 2012
Helen K. Roohr, age 98, of Brainerd, died Monday, July 23, 2012, at Bethany Good Samaritan Home in Brainerd. A short memorial service will be held in the Bethany Chapel (north end) at 1:00 PM, Sat., July 28, 2012. Refreshments and cake will be served immediately following in the Bethany Senior Living Apartments new dining room (south end). There...
Ruth Ellis
Jul 23, 2012
Ruth Pauline Ellis, age 97, formerly of Pine River, passed away Monday, July 23, 2012, at Lakewood Care Center in Staples. She was born to Roy and Mary Davidson on November 1, 1914, on a farm near Bartlett, ND, and was so small at birth that her family claimed she fit in a shoebox. Ruth lived on farms near...
Phyllis Young
Jul 23, 2012
Phyllis M. Young, age 89, of Staples, passed away at the Lakewood Health System Hospital on Monday, July 23. A funeral service is planned for Monday, July 30, at 11:00 AM, at the Faith Lutheran Church in Staples. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, at the church. Burial will be at the Scandia Valley Cemetery. Phyllis...
Dan Steffen
Jul 22, 2012
Dan Morgan Steffen, 55, left this earth on Sunday, July 22, 2012 doing what he loved most - flying his plane. A Celebration of Life will be held a 2:00 PM, Monday, July 30, 2012 at Crosslake Evangelical Free Church "The Log Church". Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services at the church and...
John Hoffman
Jul 22, 2012
John W. Hoffman, 61 of Brainerd died Sunday, July 22nd in Austin, MN. Services for John will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Park United Methodist Church in Brainerd, MN with Pastor Brenda King officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Lunch to follow the service at the...
John Oberg
Jul 21, 2012
John Oberg, age 73, of Pine River, passed away Saturday, July 21, 2012, at the St. Cloud Hospital. He was born to Kenneth and Molly Oberg on July 16, 1939, in Long Prairie. He grew up in Palisade and graduated from Brainerd High School in 1957. John served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1962, based out of...
Roger Adair
Jul 21, 2012
Roger "Butch" Laurel Adair, 74, of Brainerd, MN died Saturday, July 21st at Essentia Health-St. Joseph Hospital in Brainerd, MN. Services will be held at 1:30 PM on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Following a lunch in the Brenny Funeral Chapel...
Alice Schmidt
Jul 19, 2012
Alice Margaurite Schmidt, 87, of Pequot Lakes, MN, went to see the Lord on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at the Ark of The River adult foster care center in Anoka, MN. She was born on February 13, 1925 in Caledonia, MN the daughter of Anthony and Theresa (Murphy) Hill. She married Herbert (Herb) Hanson in 1954. Herb passed in...
Cyril Hoppe
Jul 18, 2012
Cyril B. Hoppe, 88, of Ironton, formerly of Pillager died on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, MN. Services for Cyril will be held on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Crosby, MN with Father Tim Deutsch officiating at 11:00 AM. Visitation will be held from 9:00-11:00 AM at the...
Thomas Luke
Jul 18, 2012
Thomas "Bones" Luke, 81, of Pequot Lakes, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away Wednesday, July 18, 2012 in St. Joseph's Hospital at Brainerd, MN. A Memorial Mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 23 in St. Alice Church at Pequot Lakes. Visitation will be one hour prior. Inurnment will be held at 3:00 p.m., July 23 in the Minnesota...
Manola Tanner
Jul 17, 2012
Manola, F. Tanner, age 87, of Motley, passed away at the Lakewood Care Center on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. A memorial service will be held for Manola at the First Baptist Church in Pillager on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 3:00PM. She will be buried with her husband in Washington State. Manola was born on November 19, 1924, to...
Alice Stromback
Jul 14, 2012
Alice Stromback, 96, of Pine River, passed away on July 14, 2012 at Brainerd, MN. Military Honors for Alice will be accorded by the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery Honor Guard/Camp Ripley at Little Falls, MN on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. Inurnment will be held in the Minnesota State Veteran's Cemetery, Little Falls, following the service. Arrangements...
John Huhta
Jul 14, 2012
John "Johnny Jay" Huhta, 77, of Pillager died on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at his home. Services for Johnny Jay are planned for 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00PM at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter on Tuesday July 17, 2012 and one hour prior to...
Don Annand
Jul 12, 2012
Don McGill Annand, born on October 3,1940, went home to be with the Lord on July 12, 2012. He lived his final year at Senior Class Care in Nisswa, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Robert Donaldson and Effie McGill Annand. He is survived by his brother, Robert (Jeanette) Annand; his sister, Grace (William) Merry;...
Rev. Koehler
Jul 12, 2012
Rev. Edward J. Koehler, age 77, of rural Pequot Lakes, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital, on Thursday, July 12. Service of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, July 16, at 11:00 AM, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Motley. Visitation will be held on Sunday afternoon, from 3-5 PM, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples, and...
Kenneth Dickinson
Jul 11, 2012
Kenneth E. Dickinson, 64, of Pillager died on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at St. Cloud VA Hospital in St. Cloud, MN. A Memorial Service for Kenneth will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012 at Living Savior Lutheran Church in Lake Shore, MN at 10:00AM. Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Brenny Funeral Chapel in...
Susan Paul
Jul 11, 2012
Susan Marie (Kozitka) Paul, 55 went to join her dad Donald in Heaven on Wedneseday July 11, 2012. A memorial gathering is planned for Saturday, July 14, from 1-3 PM, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. She was born on June 27, 1957 in Bertha, MN to Donald J. Kozitka and Betty A. Scott. Susan graduated from Stapes...
Barbara Larson
Jul 10, 2012
Barbara King Larson, 79, of Brainerd died on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Essentia Health/St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd, MN. Private Family Services will be held at a later date. Barbara was born on February 11, 1933 in Cass Lake, MN to Lawrence and Violet (Pearson) Johnson. She worked many years in sales. Following retirement she devoted much...
Angela Gray
Jul 7, 2012
Angela E. Gray, 84, of Crosslake died on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at Golden Horizons in Crosslake. Private Family Services at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Brenny Funeral Chapel in Pequot Lakes.
